Thread: FAA grounds 787
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Old 01-25-2013, 09:58 AM   #82
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Marin said:
They are in some pretty big trouble with their A350 over issues that have nothing to do with batteries.
They made a similar mistake with the A380 when concerns about noise levels led them to design a wing which is far larger than it needs to be,


Business 101 in product sales is to run down the competition. I may be clueless as to what is happening behind closed doors in Boeing, but as far as how profit/loss, risk/reward, implementation of new technology or CEO decision making I may be a step or two above clueless.

Here is how one could speculate, and likely be very close to the truth - EADS has known for some time that Boeing was facing electrical and power supply new design issues on the 787. Knowing this they avoided the first time ever power supply design philosophy their Boeing spies were passing on to them. Think about a well placed French company that is in the middle of Boeing's design for power supply while at the same time knowing the French are masters at industrial espionage.

Fast forward to this week in Davos where the World Economic Forum was being held. A very important guy with Airbus named Febrice Bregier (look up his creds) gave some interesting remarks to Reuters TV about how Airbus is learning from Boeing and working with regulators to avoid Boeing's teething problems on the 350.

EADS has been waiting a long time for this marketing coup to drop into their lap. Just as Marin's statements above points out real Airbus issues, Airbus is now doing the same.

Every utterance on the NET regarding this issue, including this thread, is being followed by some sales guy, whether in Seattle or Europe. Business 101 in the product sales industry says so.
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